Entrepreneurial attitudes

Explain in your own words what an entrepreneurial attitude is and how it differs from 'starting a business'. Give two examples of entrepreneurial behaviour that have nothing to do with making money (at school, in a sports team, or in your family).

Explain what initiative is and how it differs from 'waiting to be told what to do'. Describe a situation at your school where someone could take the initiative to improve something specific, and what small first step they could take this very week.

Match each situation with the entrepreneurial attitude that best describes it: self-confidence, empathy, perseverance, initiative, or resilience.

1. a) Aitana suggests an idea for recycling in the canteen to the class rep without anyone asking her to.
2. b) Bruno fails the first project exam, reviews his mistakes, and tries again.
3. c) Carla puts herself in the local elderly residents' shoes before designing a simple app for them.
4. d) Darío believes he is capable of organising the breaktime tournament and offers to do it.
5. e) Elisa has spent three weeks rehearsing her oral presentation, even though it was already good in the first week.

'Persevering is not about always sticking obstinately to the same thing.' Distinguish perseverance from stubbornness using a school example: at what point does persisting stop being a virtue and changing strategy becomes advisable?

'Empathy is not agreeing with everyone.' Explain what it means to put yourself in someone else's shoes without giving up your own judgement, and apply it to this conflict: your team wants to sell personalised mugs at the fair, but half the students asked say they wouldn't use a mug. What would you do with that information without giving up at the first hurdle?

The diagram shows a self-assessment tool that separates what depends on you from what comes from outside, but one of the boxes is covered with a question mark.

1. a) State which box is missing and explain what kind of things are written in it.
2. b) Write two of your own examples for each of the four boxes, thinking about a class project.

Carry out an honest self-assessment: choose three of your strengths and two of your weaknesses that matter when working in a team. For each weakness, write down a small, concrete action you could take this month to improve it (for example: "I find public speaking difficult" → "I will volunteer to read the summary in the next presentation").

Your team wants to set up a charity second-hand sale of clothes and books. Do a personal mini-SWOT for that project: two strengths, two weaknesses, one external opportunity you can take advantage of, and one threat that worries you. Then write how you will use one strength to seize the opportunity.

Marta says: 'I'm no good at entrepreneurship, I'm more of an obedient type.' Explain what self-image lies behind that sentence and write two alternative sentences that stay honest but open the door to improvement (for example, changing 'I'm no good at it' to 'I haven't practised it yet').

Choose an entrepreneurial attitude you struggle with and design your four-week 'training plan': what you will do each week (one small, concrete action), how you will measure whether you are improving, and who can help you stick to the plan. Explain why attitudes are trained like a muscle and not learned just by reading about them.

'Entrepreneurs are born, not made.' Take a stance on this statement, backing it up with two examples: one of an attitude that you believe can be trained (and how), and another of a situation in which an individual's personality genuinely plays a role.